Inly vs Winly - What's the difference?
inly | winly |
(obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.
* Shakespeare
Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
* Milton
* Thomas Hardy
(obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
* , II.xi:
In obsolete terms the difference between inly and winly
is that inly is heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely while winly is delightfully; pleasantly.inly
English
Adjective
(head)- Didst thou but know the inly touch of love.
Adverb
(en adverb)- whereat he inly raged
- Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
- Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.